Monthly Archives: January, 2008

Housing takes bigger share of household budgets

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Britons spend more than twice as much of their weekly budget on housing as they did 50 years ago but only half as much on food, official statistics showed on Monday. Read More at Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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Americans ready to down a shot, or more, for Bush speech

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When US President George W. Bush pronounces the annual State of the Union address, some Americans will be hanging on his every word. Read More at AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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Poker-faced Sehwag comes up aces

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Australia v India, 4th Test, Adelaide, 5th day Read More at Cricinfo via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport…

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Paul Walsh Chief Executive Of Diageo Defends Drinks Industry

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The head of the world’s biggest drinks company has told Sky News the industry is not responsible for the drunken disorder that plagues Britain’s town centres. Read More at SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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FACTBOX – Main points of draft EU food labelling rules

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(Reuters) – The European Commission will publish on Wednesday its proposals for stricter food labelling rules as part of its fight to combat the growing problem of obesity across the 27-member bloc. Read More at Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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Israel indicts Islamic leader over uprising call

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Israel indicted an Islamic leader on Tuesday for “inciting violence and racial hatred” during protests last year against excavations in Jerusalem’s Old City near the al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site. Read More at Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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Chinese buy into Bordeaux wine industry

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The sale of a little known Bordeaux chateau, Latour-Laguens, to the Longhai International Trading Company Ltd, has put the Chinese in pole position, ahead of both the Russians and the Indians, in terms of Bordeaux chateau ownership. Read More at AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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Diana Inquest: Bodyguard Kes Wingfield On Conspiracy Theory

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The inquest into Princess Diana’s death has heard from a former bodyguard, who told of Mohammed al Fayed’s fury when he refused to back conspiracy theories. Read More at SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News…

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Executive Defends Drink Industry

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The head of the world’s biggest drinks company has told Sky News the industry is not responsible for the drunken disorder that plagues Britain’s town centres. Paul Walsh, chief executive of Diageo, told Sky’s Jeff Randall revellers must take “personal responsibility” for the amount they drink on a night out.  Read more

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